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| OK, this post is about a song and i will post the lyrics, but I will
also include a link where you can listen to the song on your own. Its
one of the best songs I've heard that deals with the issues of war and
the military - please take the time to check it out.
Stand Our Ground
Take me up to Rose Hill
When you lay my body low
Wrap me in a flag, throw some flowers on the ground,
Say a few words then let me go
There's no need to defend my honor
Or justify the life I gave
There's no need for the pictures of my happy childhood there, please
Don’t pour salt upon my grave
I knew long ago that I would be the one
To brandish my sword should they beat those battle drums
I stood my ground, I stood for something
Worth falling for
Ask my father to forgive me
I know he didn't understand
He worked too hard for way too many years
To lose his only boy in a foreign sand
No doubt, he is angry
No doubt where he'll put the blame
But don't let him fall apart, Mama,
Don't let him go back to the pills
Only pride will ease his pain
I died a patriot, a soldier just like him
Fought like he taught me to, until the very end
I stood my ground, I stood for something
Worth falling for
Take my stripes and take my medals
Take my flag and dog tags too
Put 'em in a package, stain it with your tears,
Send it up to Pennsylvania Avenue
My last regards to the man in charge
Let him know I served my country well
He was right behind me all the way to Kandahar
The night my broken body fell
Don’t let a day go by without a peaceful prayer
For my brothers and my sisters still fighting over there
They stand their ground, they stand for something
Worth falling for | | |
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Artist/Band: Harris Emmylou
Lyrics for Song: Boulder To Birmingham
Lyrics for Album: Spyboy
I don't want to hear a love song
I got on this airplane just to fly
And I know there's life below
But all that it can show me
Is the prairie and the sky
And I don't want to hear a sad story
Full of heartbreak and desire
The last time I felt like this
It was in the wilderness and the canyon was on fire
And I stood on the mountain in the night and I watched it burn
I watched it burn, I watched it burn.
I would rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham
I would hold my life in his saving grace.
I would walk all the way from Boulder to Birmingham
If I thought I could see, I could see your face.
Well you really got me this time
And the hardest part is knowing I'll survive.
I have come to listen for the sound
Of the trucks as they move down
Out on ninety five
And pretend that it's the ocean
coming down to wash me clean, to wash me clean
Baby do you know what I mean
I would rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham
I would hold my life in his saving grace.
I would walk all the way from Boulder to Birmingham
If I thought I could see, I could see your face. | | |
| So I was thinking about the VATech shootings today, and pondering how
we'll all probably remember 2007 as the year that it happened. Which
brought to mind the thought "what will next year bring?"
It was then that it finally occured to me why New Years is such a big
deal. To me it always seemed like just another year, same as the last.
But now I see that its not about starting the calender over or anything
remotely mathematical. Far from it - its about expectation,
spontineity, and surprise. The eagerness that comes with new discovery,
for each year, each day, each hour, each minute is a completely new,
uncharted place in time.
So keep your mind upon the heavens, and your eyes along the skyline.
p.s. The shooter was real ticked about being called gay by the other
guys at school, and he thought his rampage would fix that. I saw a
tabloid yesterday with the headline "shooters secret gay life." haha -
that didn't work...serves him right.
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Somewhere between your heart and mine
There's a window that I can't see through
There's a wall so high it reaches the sky
Somewhere between me and you
I love you so much I can't let you go
And sometimes I believe you love me
But somewhere between your heart and mine
There's a door without any key
Somewhere between your heart and mine
There's a window that I can't see through
There's a wall so high it reaches the sky
Somewhere between me and you
Somewhere between your heart and mine
There's a love I can't understand
It's there for a while then it fades like a smile
And I'm left in the middle again
Somewhere between your heart and mine
There's a window that I can't see through
There's a wall so high it reaches the sky
Somewhere between me and you | | |
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